1. How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
   "They reduced the amount of sugar in the formula";
   - measure, quantity
    
2. A quantity of money
   "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"; "he borrowed a large amount of money";
   - sum, sum of money, amount of money
    
3. The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
   "an adequate amount of food for four people"
    
4. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
   "The amount of all expenses came to $5,000";
   - sum, total

1. Be tantamount or equivalent to
   "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
    
2. Equal a particular sum or quantity when calculated or combined
   "The bills amounted to $2,000";
   - total, number, add up, come, come to
    
3. To measure up to in kind or quality
   "This idea will never amount to anything";
   - come, add up

Derived forms: amounted, amounting, amounts

See also: nonstandard, standard

Type of: abstract entity, abstraction, assets, be, become, equal, magnitude, quantity, turn

Encyclopedia: Amount